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• Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and Shia Muslims who are at grave risk, as well as tens of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities. We cannot allow these communities to be driven from their ancient homelands.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Religious, Islamic

  President Obama's Speech on Combating ISIS and Terrorism, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2014.

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• America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

  Robert M. Gates

  America, Long, Development

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• With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars against civilians, and are therefore inherently immoral. This is true even when a war is considered "just," because it is fought against a tyrant, against an aggressor, to correct a stolen boundary.

  Howard Zinn

  Military, War, Smart

  Howard Zinn (2001). “Howard Zinn on War”, p.51, Seven Stories Press

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• The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million people have been killed in armed conflict. Most of them were civilians.

  George Monbiot

  War, People, Generations

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• The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big.

  Richard M. Nixon

  War, Thinking, Giving

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• All I did was go to sleep. There shouldn’t be anything safer than that. (Kiara) Spoken like a true civilian. Trust me, princess, that’s the most dangerous thing anyone does…Well, that, and go to the can. (Nykyrian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Princess, Sleep, Doe

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Night: The League: Nemesis Rising”, p.65, St. Martin's Paperbacks

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• The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too dangerous when the streets are full of "civilians" who may or may not be armed. Poor babies!

  Jeff Cooper

  Baby, Gun, Law

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• To this day I don’t know if he was struggling with the moral implications of gunning down half a dozen civilians, or if he was mentally counting to see if he had that many shells left in the gun.

  David Wong

  Struggle, Gun, Shells

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.165, Titan Books

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• From out of nowhere, Phury felt an overwhelming tide of guilt, like someone had popped the lid off all his deepest concerns and his fears for the future of the race. He had to respond to it, couldn't bear the pressure. Riding the wave, he found himself saying in a rush, "We live and die for our kind. The species is our first and only concern. We fight every night and count the jars of thelessers we kill. Stealth is the way we protect the civilians. The less they know about us, the safer they are. That is why we disappeared.

  J.R. Ward

  Fighting, Night, Race

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• Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Peace, War, Hatred

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• We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

  Rachel Corrie

  Threat, Please, Unarmed

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• Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Damage, Warfare, Terrorism

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• It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality.

  Alan Dershowitz

  War, Law, Principles

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• You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

  Barry Goldwater

  Peace, War, Bombs

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• Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

  Cofer Black

  War, United States, Osama Bin Laden

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• Whatever the lengths to which others may go, His Majesty's Government will never resort to the deliberate attack on women and children and other civilians for purposes of mere terrorism.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Children, Government, May

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• The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off of the lives of American pilots and soldiers, not with those of their declared Taliban enemies, but with Afghan civilians... There will be no official two-minute silence for the Afghan dead, no newspaper obituaries or memorial services attended by the prime minister, as there were for the victims of the twin towers.

  Seumas Milne

  Air, Two, Silence

  " The innocent dead in a coward's war" by Seumas Milne, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2001.

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• Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent victims.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Numbers, Egypt, Soldier

  "Israel mourns, Palestinians celebrate / Terrorism against U.S. resonates in Mideast" by Danielle Haas, Dina Shiloh, www.sfgate.com. September 12, 2001.

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• Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.

  Tony Blair

  Military, Taken, Cutting

  Address at the Labour Party Conference, delivered 2 October 2001

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• A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and I quote, "We do not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians. They're all targets." Their mission is murder, and their history is bloody.

  William J. Clinton

  War, Military, America

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• If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.

  Sebastian Junger

  Military, War, Cities

  Sebastian Junger (2001). “Fire”, p.178, W. W. Norton & Company

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• It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.

  Dave Matthews

  Frustration, Criminals, Lines

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• The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.

  Bear Grylls

  Challenges, Want, Made

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• In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Military, Leader, President

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• [General Curtis] LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side has lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?

  Robert McNamara

  Children, Winning, Men

  "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara". Documentary, www.imdb.com. August 30, 2003.

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